PASTURE SEEDS 
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Published: 20 Oct 2011
Author(s): RIRDC
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RIRDC Pasture Seeds Completed Projects in 2010–2011 and Research in Progress June 2011 contains short summaries of continuing projects as well as those that were completed during 2010–2011. The Pasture Seeds Program aims to deliver R&D To maximise opportunities and minimise risk for a profitable and sustainable pasture seeds industry based on a reputation for reliable supply, domestically and internationally, of a range of quality pasture seeds.
The research objectives for the Pasture Seeds Program are:
1. Industry communication and capacity building
2. Improved seed production and processing technologies
3. Environmental sustainable seed production systems
4. Monitoring, evaluating and adopting emerging sciences and technologies
5. Developing new pasture seeds products, markets and farm systems
This project built on a four-year Grains Research and Development Corporation investment, Future options for the control of the redlegged earth mite in Australian crops,...
Redlegged earth mite (RLEM; Halotydeus destructor) has been a significant pest to broadleaf plants and legumes across southern Australia since it was accidentally introduced in...
This study evaluated the level of resistance to commonly used herbicide groups in three key weeds affecting lucerne seed crops in commercial production areas of...
The lucerne seed industry is an important contributor to Australian agriculture, worth an estimated $95 million per year. The industry is made up of more...
Temperate pasture seed production is concentrated in locations within southeastern Australia and southwestern Western Australia. Lucerne dominates, accounting for about 75% of the area sown...
Building on from earlier AgriFutures Australia-funded research into lucerne seed wasp (LSW), several DNA tests have been developed to give a more precise measure of...
This report summarises the development of DNA tests for lucerne seed wasp (LSW), Bruchophagus roddi, and two associated parasitoid wasps, Idiomacromerus perplexus and Pteromalus sequester,...
Lucerne is an important pasture species in Australia and pest management is critical in seed crops to maximise yield. The Australian crop mirid (Sidnia kinbergi)...
